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Looking back: A co-design project with young people
Emerging Minds and Satellite FoundationThe ‘Looking back project’ features four short videos created by young people with lived experience of either adversity, parental mental illness or trauma. In these videos, they ‘look back’ to tell a story about their early years: the challenges, memories, thoughts and feelings, all through the lens of their now-adult selves. -
Research summary
Highlights in child mental health research: June 2021
Prepared by AIFSThis June research summary provides a selection of recently released papers, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses related to infant and child mental health. Each summary includes an introductory overview of the content for that month, followed by a list of selected articles. Each article is accompanied by a brief synopsis which presents the key messages and highlights. Links to abstracts, full-text articles and related resources, where available, are provided. -
Guide
Healing through voice, culture and Country: Short films
Emerging MindsThere are many ways that organisations can help practitioners to work proactively and in culturally sensitive ways with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents. These include (but are not limited to) providing supervision and training on child-focused ways to identify and respond to presentations of family violence; providing cultural supervision and mentoring from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff to support meaningful and confident engagement; and working collaboratively with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to co-design appropriate and effective responses to families who are affected by violence. -
Webinar
What is the social model of disability and why is it important in child mental health? [Webinar]
Child Family Community Australia & Emerging MindsThis webinar, co-produced by Child Family Community Australia (CFCA) and Emerging Minds, explores the social model of disability, how it relates to children’s mental health and considerations for working with children and families. -
Webinar
Webinar | Shrinking problems with children and families
Emerging Minds and Mental Health Professionals' Network (MHPN)This webinar outlines practice skills for working with children who are experiencing emotional wellbeing problems and demonstrates how to help these children become aware of when their problems are shrinking and how to encourage them to be mindful of the skills used to shrink their problems. -
Guide
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family violence practice profile example
This resource is an example of a family and domestic violence practice profile when working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. -
Webinar
Identifying developmental concerns in school-aged children
Emerging Minds and Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)This webinar with the RACGP explores how ‘typical development’ is defined in children aged 5-12, the relationship between mental health difficulties and developmental difficulties in school-aged children, and the skills required to identify developmental concerns. Facilitated by Dr James Best, panellists include Dr Andrew Leech, Felicity Kime, Susan Pagel and Dr Stephen Stathis. -
Research summary
Highlights in child mental health research: May 2021
Prepared by AIFSThis May research summary provides a selection of recently released papers, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses related to infant and child mental health. Each summary includes an introductory overview of the content for that month, followed by a list of selected articles. Each article is accompanied by a brief synopsis which presents the key messages and highlights. Links to abstracts, full-text articles and related resources, where available, are provided. -
Guide
Honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices in healing family violence
Dana Shen, Rosie Schellen and Daniel MossStrategies to end violence will not work if they are imposed on the community, therefore any intervention must be Community led, developed and driven. This framework by Dana Shen, Rosie Schellen and Dan Moss aims to assist practitioners in mainstream services to develop their confidence in asking child-focused, culturally-sensitive questions in their role in providing safety for children whose parents experience family violence. -
Short article
Children’s experiences of family violence
Dana Shen, Rosie Schellen and Daniel MossExposure to family violence and traumatic events has long-lasting effects. Children’s brains and bodies are malleable, making trauma faster to manifest, affecting the way children react and relate to others and their physical environment. This fact sheet adapted from Tucci et. al. provides information about the effects of family violence on a child’s social and emotional wellbeing, and ways that interventions can play a role in healing. -
Webinar
Engaging children in practice: Who’s in the room? – interactive online session
Emerging MindsThe second in our series of interactive online sessions featured Clare Klapdor, Manager at Centacare and Chris Dolman, Senior Workforce Development Officer at Emerging Minds, who discussed ‘Who’s in the room?’, one of the modules in the Emerging Minds online course, Engaging children: Good beginnings. -
Research summary
Highlights in child mental health research: April 2021
Prepared by AIFSThis April research summary provides a selection of recently released papers, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses related to infant and child mental health. Each summary includes an introductory overview of the content for that month, followed by a list of selected articles. Each article is accompanied by a brief synopsis which presents the key messages and highlights. Links to abstracts, full-text articles and related resources, where available, are provided.